Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Revista de Historia
ISSN 1012-9790 · eISSN 2215-4744 · Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Revista de Historia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Historia is published by Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Studies in Latin America, Historical Studies in Central America and Latin American history and culture, together about 47% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Revista de Historia is an indexed academic journal of continuous publication edited by the School of History of the Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica. This periodical publication aims to disseminate research that contributes to developing history as a discipline and interdisciplinary studies with a historical perspective. Its focus or specific theme is the history of Costa Rica and Latin America. The journal has six sections. Four are peer-reviewed, meaning they undergo a peer review process: Latin America Section, Costa Rica Section, Research Data Section, and Balances and Perspectives Section. The Bibliographic Review and Interview sections are the only ones that are not peer-reviewed. Manuscript submissions for publication are received throughout the year via e-mail: revistadehistoria@una.cr. The author interested must first comply with the rules for publication and other instructions for authors as provided on this site. Revista de Historia publishes especially articles referring to the history of Costa Rica and Central America. It also contains a section dedicated to the Latin American region and contemplates the possibility of publishing articles on other regions of the world, especially when it is considered that these are of theoretical-methodological interest for the prevailing historiographic trends in the region. Besides, the Journal aims to disseminate transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary publications, such as those specialized in the different fields of this discipline (applied history, political, social, intellectual, cultural, economic, and environmental history, power relations, gender relations, migrations, oral history, collective memory, subjectivities, etc.). The main objective of Revista de Historia is to promote discussion, dissemination, problematization, theoretical debate, and the constant historiographic review of articles or research advances typical of the discipline or related to the social sciences. Its main target audience, as authors and readers, are professionals in history and other social sciences, as well as university students in humanities and social sciences. Descriptors: history, historiography, history of Costa Rica, history of Central America, history of Latin America
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences22.5%
- Historical Studies in Central AmericaArts and Humanities16.3%
- Latin American history and cultureArts and Humanities8.3%
- History and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences7.8%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities5.1%
- Argentine historical studiesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Latin American rural developmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
- Indigenous Cultures and HistorySocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 529/692 | 23rd |
| History | Q4 | 1483/1936 | 23rd |
| Cultural Studies | Q4 | 1184/1434 | 17th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 224 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 44 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 27 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 35 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 33 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- lettertter-sized pages, spacing 1.5 lines, in Letter Times New Roman 12 points— and 12,500 words — equivalent to 30-35 pages with the same specifications. Imain text ≤ 12,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright
- Publication ethics
Code of ethics and Malpractice Statement Model summary
Code of ethics and Malpractice Statement
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright management
20. For all its purposes, the provisions of the Law on Copyright and Related Rights No. 6683,decreed by the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Costa Rica, is complied with. For more information, see: Yorleni Beatriz Campos Flores and Cynthia María Céspedes Alfaro, Intellectual Guardian: Guide on Forms of Intellectual Property Protection (San José, Costa Rica: Vice-Chancellor of Research, Univ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1012-9790
- Electronic ISSN
- 2215-4744
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Historia
How long does peer review take at Revista de Historia?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Revista de Historia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Historia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista de Historia open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Historia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .